Flying jenny



w. R. BRANHAM FLYING JENNY Filec l April 7, 1924 Jan. 19 1926.

WRBMWMWM Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

UNITED STATES WALTER R. BRANHAM, OF

1,570,124, PATENT QFFICE.

FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.

FLYING JENNY.

Application filed. April 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALTER R. BRA YHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Valley, in the county of Houston and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Flying Jenny, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be placed in a store window, or elsewhere, and includes a rotatable member, carrying figures or the like, means being provided for rotating the said member, in such a way that it will not be clear to casual observers, how the said member is turned, the general intent and purpose of the device being to attract attention.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertainsf lVith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description pro ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown, can be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention; and Fig ure 2 is a top plan, parts being in section.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a support which is denoted genorally by the numeral 1. The support 1 may be of any desired construction, but, as shown, it includes a pedestal 2 carried by a base 3, the pedestal 2 being so small in diameter that it will convey to observers the impression that no driving means can reasonably be expected to be located in the pedestal. Adjacent to its upper end, the pedestal 2 carries a hub or flange 4 and at its upper end, the pedestal terminates in a short stub shaft 5.

The device includes a rotatable member, denoted generally by the numeral 6. The rotatable member 6 may be made in various ways without departing from the spirit of the invention. Possibly, however, it consists of a body comprising a hub 7 and a rim 8, the rim being of considerable width, and spokes 9 connecting the hub with the 1924. Serial No. 704,789.

rim, the rim 8 having outstanding projections 10, there being a post 11 upstanding from the hub 7, and guys 12 extending between the upper end of the post and the projections 10, the guys 12 being carried, if desired, by a collar 1 L on the upper end of the post. The hub 7 of the rotatable member 6 has a recess 15, wherein the shaft 5 on the upper end of the pedestal 2 is received, ball bearing 16 being interposed betweenthe hub 7 of the rotatable member and the hub 4 of the pedestal. The rim 8 of the rotatable member 6 is provided with depending circumferentially inclined vanes 17. Figures of any desired sort are mounted on the rim 8 of the rotatable member 6.

The figures may beof human form, as indicated at 18, and may be seated in swings 19, pivotally suspended by means of hangers 20, from the rim 8 of the rotatable member 6. If desired, the figures may be of the form shown at 21 and may be seated on horses or the representations of other ani mals, as shown at 22. The horses 21 may be mounted on rigid hangers 23 secured to the rim 8 of the rotatable member 6. The rotatable member 6 may be turned by air derived from any desired source. If preferred, a power-driven fan 24 may be concealed within an object 25 of any sort, the object 25 being constructed to represent a pile or rocks, if preferred, and having a cavity 26 wherein the fan 24 is located, asuitable outlet 27 being supplied, so that the air proceeding from the blast-fan 24;

may cooperate with the vanes 17 of the rotatable member 6, to cause rotation of said member, and to cause the figures and the like, which are suspended from the rotatable member, to move in an orbit.

, The device will serve to attract attention, notably in view of the fact that, to all intents and purposes, the member 6 turns on its axis, without any visible means for imparting rotation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A toy merry-go-round comprising a pedestal provided adjacent to its upper end with an outstanding flange, the pedestal terminating at its upper end in a stub shaft, disposed above the flange, a rotatable member comprising a hub, a rim and spokes connecting the hub with the rim, the rim approximating in width the length of the spokes, outstanding projections on the periphery oi the rim, and a post carried by and upstanding from the hub, the hub being mounted rotatably on the stub shaft, the hub cooperating with the flange to support the rotatable member; guys extended between the upper portion of the post and the said outstanding projections of the rim figure supports disposed below the rotatable member and carried by the said outstanding projections of the rim, and means 10 for rotating the rotatable member, said means embodying depending vanes carried by the rim of the rotatable member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my sig- 15 nature.

WALTER R. BRANHAM. 

